J Ayyappa Naidu v. the State of Andhra Pradesh
Case brief
What is this about?
Andhra Pradesh High Court at Amaravati; Writ Petition No. 32995/2025; Justice D Ramesh; decided 05.03.2026. Petitioners (M Hari Krishna and Others), Junior Linemen, sought minimum pay scale on par with regular Junior Lineman employees from date of appointment, citing State of Punjab v. Jagjit Singh and alleging violation of Articles 14 and 21; respondents included the State of Andhra Pradesh (counsel: V V Satish, SC for APEPDCL; GPs for Services I and II; petitioner's counsel: Kavitha Gottipati). Interim order dated 26.11.2025 (payment of minimum pay scale/wages) was implemented by the respondents; writ petition closed, no costs; miscellaneous petitions closed. Keywords: minimum pay scale; Junior Lineman; parity with regular employees; writ of mandamus; Article 226; interim order implemented; writ closed as infructuous/satisfied; APEPDCL; State of Andhra Pradesh.
What did the court decide?
No further orders; the writ petition was closed (with no order as to costs) because the interim order dated 26.11.2025 directing payment of the minimum pay scale/wages attached to the petitioners' posts had been implemented and effected by the respondent authorities; pending miscellaneous petitions, if any, stand closed.